ShredAir’s Journey is now a Trilogy: Part 1 “Northwest to Northwest” of this tri-lingual blog (English, German, Spanish) is about our 2008 drive from the US’ Pacific Northwest to the Northwest of South America. Part 2 “Colombia“ looks at our stay in Colombia, and Part 3 “The Andes” now follows our route south along the Andes, the air trails of the Andean Condor.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

With the bureaucratic distractions behind us, we have been able to get started on what we came here to do: find a house, ideally with its own slope flying site, where we can live, fly, work, and welcome guests to stay with us.And guess what: We have found the “AeroFinca” by the slope! It even has a large meadow to land in and to fly electric-powered planes from.It is not yet ready for us to move in, and while we’re waiting, we’ve decided to return to Germany for our annual visit. We originally had planned to take this trip in June/July, however it makes sense to do it now. So, life continues to happen while we make other plans, but this is a good development, and we are fortunate to have the flexibility to adapt to life’s changes.Thus, this blog update comes from Uffenheim, where we’re visiting my parents, as we do every year. We came from “the City of Eternal Spring” to the old home town, where spring is just arriving.

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About Us

We are Dieter Mahlein from Germany and Marcela Leal from Colombia. Our company ShredAir, Inc. is dedicated to radio-controlled (RC) flight. We started ShredAir in Oregon, USA, importing mostly slope and electric gliders from Europe. ShredAir became an international company, supplying products, service, and support to RC pilots just about anywhere. We have organized and participated in events in the US, Germany, and Colombia.
In 2008, we drove from Oregon to Colombia where we wanted to promote RC flying in the Andes Mountains through fun fly gatherings, slope soaring and electric flying events. This we did, but our idea of offering complete tourism packages for pilots and their families never did work out as we envisioned.
Now, while we’re in South America and because we can, we continue traveling south along the Andes following the air trails of the Andean Condor.